Circular valve



Nov. 16 1926.

R. w. BRADEN Er AL CIRCULAR VALVE 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Original Filed March '7. 1923 Illl/ um n N0v.16,1926. Y 1,607,576

R. W. BRADEN ET AL CIRCULAR VALVE Original Filed March ,'7. 1923 4 Sheets sheet 2 btorneq Nov. 16,1926. 1,607,576

' R. W. BRDENv ET AL `IRCULAR VALVE Filed March 7. 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 Nov. 16 1926.

R. W. BRADEN ET AL CIRCULAR VALVE Original Filed MalGh '7. 1923 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 NN QQ QKWN patente-rl hier'. Titi,

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PTENT OFFICE.

RCIFIABD W, 13R-BENQ OF N'El YORK, Y., ANB CHARLES STERN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW' JERSEY, SSIGNOR TO B lo S MANUFACTRTNG PRODUCTS CORPORATION, OF

CTY, NEW' JERSEY, A. CRe-ORATON OE KEW' JERSEY.

CRCULAR VALVE.

Original application filed March 7, 1928, Serial No The present invention relates to improvements in circular valves and constitutes a division of our copending application Serial Number 623,525, filed March 7, 1923, now patented, Number 1,499,637, dated July 1, 1921i, and entitled Attachment for locomotives.

rin object of the invention is to provide an improved valve useful in a drifting attachment for steam locomotives in which the movement of the valve will be at all times free and unopposed by any steam pressure and wherein the valve will always be seated accurately and without leakage.

@ther objects of the invention are to provide un improved valve having a circular movement in conjunciton with valve-ways on the valve casing, the valve involving the use of blocks r slices pressed outwardly against the valve-ways and continually held against such valve-ways despite wear, to provide a valve which will be responsive to its actuating device and which will be peculiarly adapted for use where relatively high steam pressure obtains and to so construct and arrange the valve that it may be coupled by convenient, simple and e'l'l'ective connections to the actuating device.

YWith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

ln the drawings, wherein like` symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 shows a longitudinal horizontal section taken on the line 1 1 of Figure 6 through the locomotive attachment of which the circular valve forms a part.

Figure 2 is a diagram showing parts in `elevation and parts in section and indicating the relative positions of the actuating pistons when the valve is in the open position.

Figure 3 shows a plan view of the valve connections when the parts are as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4t is also a diagram showing the pistons in a subsequent position and the valve closed.

Figure 5 shows a fragmentary plan view of the connections in the left position cor- 6523,525. was, semi No.

Divided and this application filed .Tune 21 Renewed June 18, 1926.

responding to the position of the parts as Y seen in Figure 4.

Figure (i is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 6 6 in Figure 1 through the drifting attachment and showing the circular valve in the closed position.

Figure 7 shows end and side views of the Yalve shoe, and f Figure 8' is a top plan of the valve blocl.

r1`he drawing adequately illustrate the circular valve and its parts but only so much of the locomotive attachment is shown as will give an accurate idea of the particular use to which the valve is to be put.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the device comprises generally a casing in the lower central portion of which is a cylinder 12 which is in communication with a source of steam through a passage 13 shown in Figure Ll and to which a steam pipe may be coupled from the steam dome.

rihe lateral Walls 15 and 16 of the cylinder v with the valve chests of the locomotive on which the device is placed; the object being to supply steam, with which the cylinder is at all times supplied, for instance directly from the boiler to the valve chests and cylinders of thelocomotive in order to break any vacuum tending to occur therein when the throttle is closed and the locomotive moving and further to cushion the reciprocating parts and keep the surrounding metal at running temperature. The ports 17 and 18 just referred to are shown as opening outwardly upon channels 19 and 20 which rise vertically from the ports and have lateral outlets threaded as indicated at 21 and 22 to receive pipes by which the channels `and the cylinder are in communication with the opposite steam chests of the locomotive, it being understood that a. desirable location for the present device is between the steam chests and the saddle will probably provide the most convenient place on which to install said device.

The ports 17 and 18 are normally closed by valve shoes 24 and 25 which are showny the cylinder l2. rlhe valve shoes 24 and cular movement upon a vertical axis within O. sa

are urged outwardly by a coil spring 2'? shown as extending through passage 28 made centrally through the block 26., the ends of the spring engaging in sockets 29 and 30 in the inner laces of the valve slices. The pressure oit steam in the cylinder l2 against the corners ot the valve shoes presses the valve shoes tightly against the wall oi the cylinder 12. ln this way the shoes are kept in close contact with the segments 3l and 32 (Figures 2 and 4) provided on the in terior wall oi' the chamber to receive the outer edges of the valve shoes which are curved to correspond with the curvature of the chamber wall and said segments. As shown in Figure G the valve block is made with a socket 33 centrally beneath the same to receive the rounded head la of a stud having a shank 35 resting in a recess 36 in the bottom cover plate 3"?, which may be bolted or otherwise secured to the casing by the astenings shown at 38. rlhe stud may be liited out and replaced when worn or broken upon the withdrawal ot the head 37 and the head also provided with a drain or outlet 39 tor condensed steam. 'llhis out` let may be provided with any suitable condensation check.

The steam received :from the boiler into the cylinder l2 is prevented `trom escape while the valve shoes are in the position indicated in Figure l, but when the block and the slices are in the open position illustrated in Figure 2 the steam may escape through the ports and to the valve chests and cylinders of the locomotive hrough the system of passages already described.

le provide in conjunction with the valve an apparatus automatically controlled jor shifting this valve to the open or closed position, and this movement ot the valve is intended to bear a definite relationship to the closed and open positions et the throttle. ln other words when the throttle is open steam is being delivered to the valve chests and cylinders as during the normal running of the locomotive, then the valve should be closed to avoid any interference ci the steam. However, when the engineer closes the throttle and allows the locomotive to coast or drift or when the locomotive is being towed, it is desirable to have a supply ot steam delivered to the valve chests and to the locomotive cylinders. W'e, therefore, provide a. control device in conjunction with the valve for moving this valve in accordance with conditions within the steam chests. This device is described as tollows The top l0 of the cylinder l2 may be provided with a cylindrical bore ll which may be reinforced by enlargements above and below7 as shown in Figure 6; and in this bore there is shown as mounted the cylindrical enlarged intermediate portion 42 oit a vertically disposed turning post. The turningI post is shown as having a squared upwardly projecting stud i3 and a reduced and squared lower stud Llll projecting into the cylinder l2 and into a recess 4:5 made in the upper surface o'lE the block 2G-which is also shown as squared to correspondingly tit said stud. A shoulder i6 is shown as provided upon the turning post just beneath the cylindrical part and as having a rounded bearing i7 taking against the under side oi' the cylinder top d0.

A curved arm i8 is shown as connected with the top stud i3 ot the turning post as by being provided with a square socket Lll) to receive the stud. The arm is shown as coniined upon. the stud by a nut 50. The arm is shown as curved upwardly and away ifrom the turning post and as slotted at its upper end, as indicated at 5l, the length ot the slot being radial with respect to the axis o the turning post. The slot is slidingly occupied by a downwardly7 projecting stud 52 shown as mounted upon one end ot the arm which may be rounded at its intermediate under side, as represented at 5l, in order to snugly lit upon the piston rod *5, to which it is shown as secured by the se, ew 5G threaded into said pistou rod. The other end ot the :irre is shown as resting' slidiugly upon a guide .il which may be a part ol" the casing.

rlflie movement ot the arms 48 and shown in Figures 2l and 5.

ln Figures l, 2 and a the piston rod is shown as made up of large and small diameters having pistons 58 and 59 coupled rigidly to the opposite ends thereof and shown as provided with a trust-o conical valve tace 60 at the intersection o' the large and small diameters, which valve facing is adapted to cooperate with and close inst a similarly formed valve seat 6l, the reduced portion ot the piston rod having a rather loose iit in the head G2 et a compa atively large cylinder ln this large cylinder G3 lits the piston 59 being also of comparatively large diameter. rlhe companion pistion 58. at the other end of the piston rod ,55, is similarly mounted to reciprocate in an opposed cylinder Gel which is 01"' smaller diameter compared to the cylinder (i3. The remote or 'lfar end or' the chamber 65 made in the shell or casing is closet as by a head G6 secured removably by the bolts or other liastenings (i7 which enable the head to be taken oil' and access had to the interior oit the chamber and to the end of the piston rod.

rllhe chamber 65 is shown as communieating by a passage G8 in the casing` and extending longitudinally thereof with the other Vcylinder (38, in the side wall of which lao les

is shown a port 69 adapted to communicate with the cylinder 63 except when the piston covers said port. The port 69 is shown as communicating with the passage 68 through a check valve comprising a cage 70 threaded as indicated at 71 into an appropriate part ot the casing` and as being hollow and ccminunicating interiorly with the port 69. A valve 72 is shown as mounted to reciprocate within the cage and to close normally against a seat 73 against which it is urged as by a coil spring 74 wound about the stem 75 which carries said valve 72. Guide wings ,76 are shown as extending beneath the valve and as journaled in the cylindrical part 77 of the cage, while the Outer end of the stem 75 may slide freely in a removable cap 7 8, by unscrewing which the valve assembly may be removed through the outer end ot the cage. The interior space of said cage beyond the valve 72 is shown as provided with ports 79 through which steam may pass into the passage 68. There is shown a dome cap 80 having a threaded shank secured removably into a threaded opening` 81 made laterally through the casing wall and entering upon the passage 68, the shank ol' the dome cap being shown as greater in diameter than the valve casing in order to provide an annular passage for the tree transference ol steam between these parts.

The chamber 65 which communicates with the passage 68 and with the remote end ci the cylinder 64 is shown as ported as indicated at 82 to receive a relief valve.

As shown in Figures 2 and 4, the vertical passages 19 and 20 at the side of the cylinder 12 communicate with horizontally extending passages 96 and 97, which are shown as terminating in the large cylinder 63. Such outer end ol the cylinder is shown in Figure 1 as closed bya removable head 100 secured in place by the bolts or other tastenings 101.

. As shown in Figure 4 another port 102 enters the large cylinder 63 at an intermediate portion and this port is shown as communicating with the passage 97. A needle valve 103 may be arranged to cooperate with a seat 104` at the end ot the port 102 adjoining the passage 97, this needle valve being shown as threaded at 105 in Figures 2 and 4 in the outer shell wall and as being protected by a surrounding socket 106 allowing the end of the needle to be adjusted.

The device is shown as provided witha base 108 and 109 having pertorations 110 bywhich the device mayv be securedto the saddle of a locomotive or other appropriate part. It will be noted that the cylinder 12 is shown as occupying the center lower portion of the casting and that the cylinders 63 and 64 are shown as raised above the cylinder 12 and as located at the end por tions of the casting in order that they may the better cooperate with the pin by which the valve in the cylinder 12 is moved.

When the engineer opens the throttle to start the locomotive steam from one et the steam chests enters at the passage 20 and thence Hows through the passage 97 to the cylinder 63. Steam from the vother steam chest enters at the passage 2l and thence flows through the passage96 to the cylinder 63. Steam from the cylinder 63 forces the piston 59 over. lVhen the piston 59 (which larger than the piston 58) isferced over steam trom the cylinder 63 enters the port 69 and the valve 72 is opened. lVhen the valve 72 is opened steam may pass into the passage 68 and thence into the chamber rlChe device will remain in this position until the throttle is shut oft. throttle is shut 0E steam from passage 68 presses against the larger area ot the valve 72 closing the valve 72. When the valve 72 is closed no more steam can pass from the passage 68 into the chamber 65. Also when the valve 72 is closed the steam will be held in the chamber 65 until lthe piston moves over exposing the hole 82 leading trom cylinder 64 to relief valve and atmosphere. The pressure of steam in the chamber 65 against the piston 58 will force the piston 58 over.

As the piston rod 55 moves over it carries over with it the arm 53. The movement et' the arm 48 causes the turningv post to turn and as this turning post is connected with the shut off block holder the valve shoes 24 and 25 are caused to move and thereby the ports 17 and 18 are opened up. When the port 17 is opened steam from the cylinder 12 may enter the passage 19 and trom the passage 19 through 21 to one O the steam chests. The openino' ot the port 18 permits steam from the cylinder 12 to enter t-he passage 20 and from the passage 20 steam may go through 22 to the other steam chest.

ln its movement the piston rod 55 carries with it the piston 59. When 'the piston 59 is moved over suliiciently :tar the port 102 vill be in front of the piston 59 and steam trom the cylinder 12 will enter the passages 17 and 18, 19 and 20, 97 and 96, and from the passage 97 will enter the port 102 and thence that part oi the cylinder 63 which in front ot the piston 59. In this posi- 'tion .the valve face 60 will impinge against the valve seat 61 and prevent the escape ot' steam at that point, but steam from the part ot the cylinder 63 which is in front ot the piston 59 may enter the passage 69 and raise the seat 73 and steam may then enter the passage 68 and go into the chamber 65 and thence into cylinder 64.

1When the pressure ot steam in the cylinder 64 exceeds a'predetermined maximum, the reliet valve connected to port 82 will lfvhen' the open and the excess pressure be discharged.

n the reverse stroke of the piston 5S the relieit valve port 82 in cylinder (is is exposed allowing all the steam in chamber G to escape except say five pounds ir" the reliei1 valve` has been adjusted at tive pounds. At this particular time this iive pounds pres sure in the cylinder G- is suiiicient to hold the piston 58. ln addition the pressure in the cylinder 63 in iront of the piston 59 also holds the piston 59 and with it the piston rod 55, and piston 58. Steam from the cylinder 63 also presses into the passage 69 and raises the seat 72 permitting steam to flow through passage G8 into the chamber 65, and when it gets to the chamber 65, the surplus pressure above say the five pounds is blovvn out through the relief valve.

lVhen the locomotive is being brought to a stop steam from the steam chests backs up through 22 and 21 and enters 19 and 29, and thence goes to 97 and 98 and into cylinder G3 striking behind the piston 59 and Vrorcing the piston 59 over. The valve tace 6() being then raised from the valve seatA ($1 any steam in the cylinder 63 in 'front et' the piston 59 will be forced to exhaust. This movement oi' the piston 59 causes a movement oi the piston 5S in the same direction and the discharge ot' steam through the relief valve will be sluit oir and such steam as remains in the chamber 65 may condense. Suitable ports may be provided to care Afor such condensed steam. And When the piston 59 moves over carrying vvith it the piston rod. the shut oil? block shoes ivill close the ports 1T and 18, thereby shutting off the steam Yfrom cylinder l2.

irlthougrh steam is shown as enterirej the port 102 from the passages 9T ive mig it desired, have a similar port 192 from the passage 96.

Referring to Figure 'i' the valve shoes are shown as substantially square or having corners 2st exposed to the steam pressure Within the cylinder 12, whereby this pressure acts to press the shoes tightly against the Wall ot cylinder 12 and avoids the escape of steam. when the valve shoes are in the position indicated in Figure 5. The port shown at 112 is a condensation port.

lt is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof.

that is claimed is 1. ln combination with a reciprocating n rod of a locomotive drifting valve,

)iste r. casing in communication with a source of :steam supply and having outlet ports disnet from the steam supply connection, said outlet jorts being in con'imunieation With the steam chest of the cylinder, a rotary valve bloeit in said casing, outwardly and dablg' pressed valve shoes carried upon i l block 'tor opening and closing the ports, a. turning post journaled through the Wall ot' said casing and having connection with said valve block for rotating the same, an oscillating lever connected to said turning post oriorly ot' said casing, and an arm ixed aid pix-ton rod and having a slidable connection with said lever.

2. n combination with the reciprocatingr rod of a locomotive drifting Valve, casing having a steam supply cylinder at i tei-mediate point beneath said piston d steam supply cylinder having ports .,niiniiinication with the steam chest ot locomotive and said steam supplyv cyl er beingl in communication independently said ports with. a source of steam supply, '.rcular valve in said steam supply cylinder adapted to open and close said ports. a turning post having a removable connection to sifd circular valve for rotating the i in opposite directions, said turning i being journaled through the root of l steam supply cylinder, a curved and ted lever fixed to the upper outer end of aid turning post, and an arm secured to said piston rod and having a pin engaging the slotted portion ot said lever.

in testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures.

CHARLES STERI. RICHARD W. BRADEN. 

